Chinese Character Wiki

檀

tán

sandalwood

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

tree

亶 sound component

亶  Sound component

dǎn

  

sincere

Evolution

檀 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
檀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
檀 Clerical script Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
檀 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
檀 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

檀  

tán

sandalwood, hardwood; surname; sandalwood; hardwood; purple-red

檀  

Tán

surname Tan

Most common words with 檀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

檀香山

Honolulu, capital of Hawaii

檀

sandalwood

檀香

sandalwood

紫檀

red sandalwood

檀越

(Buddhism) benefactor (designation of a lay person by a monk)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3421st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Unicode

U+6A80

Shuowen

“檀，木也。从木，亶聲。”


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